# UK University Open Days Scraper (`sheeny_pediment/my-actor-5`) Actor

Automatically extract UK university open day events, dates, and registration links based on
academic subject or specialization. Perfect for student lead generation.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sheeny\_pediment/my-actor-5.md
- **Developed by:** [Ram Vittanala](https://apify.com/sheeny_pediment) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.10 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK University Open Days Scraper

Automatically extract university open day information and events from opendays.com using a high-performance Cheerio crawler.

### Features

- **Ultra-Fast Crawling**: By targeting calendar pages instead of waiting for heavy detailed pages, it bypasses the strict rate-limits and timeouts on `opendays.com` and provides near-instant results.
- **Smart Subject Filtering**: If searching for `Aerospace` specifically, the scraper smartly filters the open days to only include the universities that are known to offer Aerospace Engineering. For other inputs, it uses standard keyword matching against the university names and URLs.
- **Customizable Dates**: Extract open days for specific months and years.

### Input

This actor takes the following inputs:

- **specialization** (String): The subject or specialization you want to find open days for (e.g., `Aerospace`).
- **year** (String): The year to search for open days (e.g., `2026`). If left blank, it defaults to checking standard future months.
- **month** (String): The specific month to search (e.g., `September`).
- **audience** (Dropdown): Filter the events by the target audience using the corresponding number:
  - `0`: Everyone / Any
  - `8`: School/College Groups (Ages 7-11)
  - `2`: School/College Groups (Ages 11-14)
  - `3`: School/College Groups (Ages 14-16)
  - `4`: School/College Groups (Ages 16-18) (Pre-undergraduate)
  - `10`: College Groups (Ages 19+)
  - `5`: Individuals (Undergraduate / General)
  - `6`: Teachers (CPD)
  - `7`: Parents
  - `9`: Families
- **maxItems** (Integer): Maximum number of events to scrape (default: `100`).

### Output

The actor stores the results in the default dataset. Each item will contain:

- `institution`: The name of the university or college hosting the open day.
- `url`: The link to the institution's open day page on opendays.com.
- `month`: The calendar month of the event.
- `year`: The year of the event.

# Actor input Schema

## `specialization` (type: `string`):

The subject or specialization to search for, e.g. 'Aerospace' or 'Computer Science'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of open days to scrape.

## `year` (type: `string`):

The year to search for open days (e.g., 2025). If left blank, it starts from the current year.

## `month` (type: `string`):

The month to start searching from (e.g., september). If left blank, it starts from the current month.

## `audience` (type: `string`):

Filter by target audience (e.g. Undergraduate individuals, school groups, etc.).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "specialization": "Aerospace",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "year": "",
  "month": "",
  "audience": "0"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sheeny_pediment/my-actor-5").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sheeny_pediment/my-actor-5").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call sheeny_pediment/my-actor-5 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sheeny_pediment/my-actor-5",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7l8cjRHek3wWdZgc1/builds/oj2oMWVZXeKdEmjgc/openapi.json